Author Topic: Have you ever bought a bodybuilding magazine? (Read 2277 times)

Method101 · « **on:** December 15, 2008, 02:13:49 PM »

I hate to say it, but years ago when i was getting into training etc, i didn't know wtf i was doing when it came to lifting weights but i knew i wanted to be strong/big... i saw flex magazine on the shelf with titles like "3 exercises for Big arms" and a picture of some huge guy on the cover and i thought that all i had to do was use the exercises and my arms would get like the guy on the cover(hahaha).

so i got a few issues of Flex and i admit, i did learn how to lift weights properly, but after a while i got fed up reading about "gossip" Etc. and i discovered that the internet is far better source of information on training/nutrition. lol i remember reading about Mike Matarazzo before he had heart problems.

It never once occured to me when i bought them how gay and wierd it must have seemed for a chubby 12 year old to be buying Flex magazine,..

when i was 13 stopped lifting weights completly, i was fed up of getting hardly any results and i realised that all the "pros" were on steroids, but atleast i lost all the fat i was carrying..

I just started lifting weights again about 1.5years ago.

The End

michael arvilla · « **Reply #1 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:18:17 PM »

I still buy them every month (Just MD and Flex tho)

few years ago Musclemag used to be the best one out (now it's turned to complete shit)

used to love "Bill Phillips Muscle -Media" when it first came out

#1 Klaus fan · « **Reply #2 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:20:49 PM »

Sometimes but it`s embarassing.

michael arvilla · « **Reply #3 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:21:25 PM »

back when Musclemag was great!

(i had both of these issues when they came out)

kiwiol · « **Reply #4 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:21:51 PM »

Quote from: Method101 on December 15, 2008, 02:13:49 PM

I hate to say it, but years ago when i was getting into training etc, i didn't know wtf i was doing when it came to lifting weights but i knew i wanted to be strong/big... i saw flex magazine on the shelf with titles like "3 exercises for Big arms" and a picture of some huge guy on the cover and i thought that all i had to do was use the exercises and my arms would get like the guy on the cover(hahaha).

so i got a few issues of Flex and i admit, i did learn how to lift weights properly, but after a while i got fed up reading about "gossip" Etc. and i discovered that the internet is far better source of information on training/nutrition. lol i remember reading about Mike Matarazzo before he had heart problems.

It never once occured to me when i bought them how gay and wierd it must have seemed for a chubby 12 year old to be buying Flex magazine,..

when i was 13 stopped lifting weights completly, i was fed up of getting hardly any results and i realised that all the "pros" were on steroids, but atleast i lost all the fat i was carrying..

I just started lifting weights again about 1.5years ago.

The End

Actually, FLEX and Muscle & Fitness are great magazines when it comes to being a source of training and dietary knowledge. Granted they have the same pitch / format every time (grow gargantuan guns, get cannonball delts etc), but they do tell you the proper way to lift weights as well as give advice on form, rep range and so on. Some of the guys here keep saying that they don't talk about juice, but how could they? And most of the times they always talk about how the pros have elite genetics and have a look only a handful of us can attain and that too, only with a lot of time, effort and discipline.

And while the internet can be great for the amount of information it contains, you also have to bear in mind that a lot of it is by people who are absolutely clueless and inexperienced. There are some guys here who do the same - act and give advice like they know shit when they don't. Up until the mid 90s, before the internet really kicked off, the mags were the best way to keep up with bodybuilding as well as getting advice on lifting and nutrition. Along with Arnold's encyclopedia, of course

Soundness · « **Reply #5 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:25:28 PM »

Does American Curves count? What about Muscle & Fitness Hers? Oxygen? ("It's for my girlfriend.")

I'd be very surprised if anyone on Getbig hasn't bought a few bb mags in their time. Ironman was my favorite.
Then it became clear that they were all literally product "catalogs." The routines, etc... are just fillers.

Method101 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:28:05 PM »

this was it

michael arvilla · « **Reply #7 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:29:29 PM »

Quote from: Method101 on December 15, 2008, 02:28:05 PM

this was it

sick cover!!

divcom · « **Reply #8 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:30:06 PM »

when i was a kid...i got into bbing because of shawn. usually got the covers and stories with him on/in them

also...got gladys portuguese mag covers.

The Showstoppa · « **Reply #9 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:32:35 PM »

Shawn only likes the whites and the high yella's.

divcom · « **Reply #10 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:34:39 PM »

Quote from: The Showstoppa on December 15, 2008, 02:32:35 PM

Shawn only likes the whites and the high yella's.

somebody on the board said that about me...but i wont say anything if you dont. Where's Wiggs that Uncle Tom?

bodybuilder1234 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:36:46 PM »

ive bought 2 in total, one MuscleMag and 1 Flex

MuscleMag was pretty good because they had contest diets for naturals

The Showstoppa · « **Reply #12 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:37:58 PM »

Quote from: divcom on December 15, 2008, 02:34:39 PM

somebody on the board said that about me...but i wont say anything if you dont. Where's Wiggs that Uncle Tom?

You like redbones, too?

timfogarty · « **Reply #13 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:43:50 PM »

remember when magazines use to be only 60% ads? those were the days

Tapeworm · « **Reply #14 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:46:50 PM »

Never bought one. Have bought only a few mags in my life. Not really a magaziney kinda guy.

gordiano · « **Reply #15 on:** December 15, 2008, 02:56:43 PM »

I did for a while, but they got shittier. Then I got this issue, and said fuck this shit - I'm canceling my subscription.....

The Showstoppa · « **Reply #16 on:** December 15, 2008, 03:01:54 PM »

Quote from: gordiano on December 15, 2008, 02:56:43 PM

I did for a while, but they got shittier. Then I got this issue, and said fuck this shit - I'm canceling my subscription.....

hahaha, classic.

kiwiol · « **Reply #17 on:** December 15, 2008, 03:08:50 PM »

Quote from: gordiano on December 15, 2008, 02:56:43 PM

I did for a while, but they got shittier. Then I got this issue, and said fuck this shit - I'm canceling my subscription.....

LMAO! The essence of Getbig condensed and portrayed in one, single image!

Soundness · « **Reply #18 on:** December 15, 2008, 03:11:46 PM »

ADD SOMETHING ABOUT PISS DRINKING ON THERE.

burn2live · « **Reply #19 on:** December 15, 2008, 03:17:26 PM »

mass 04 · « **Reply #20 on:** December 15, 2008, 03:19:39 PM »

once by accident.

WillGrant · « **Reply #21 on:** December 15, 2008, 06:35:38 PM »

Quote from: michael arvilla on December 15, 2008, 02:18:17 PM

few years ago Musclemag used to be the best one out (now it's turned to complete shit)

used to love "Bill Phillips Muscle -Media" when it first came out

All truth..
Lol I was reading that issue of MM today doing cardio...there star profile was Primobolan lol

Pollux · « **Reply #22 on:** December 15, 2008, 06:36:36 PM »

Quote from: mass 04 on December 15, 2008, 03:19:39 PM

once by accident.

Seeing a muscular man on the cover and then buying it is not by "accident".

Pollux · « **Reply #23 on:** December 15, 2008, 06:38:25 PM »

No if, and, or but. If Arnold is on the cover, I buy it - period!

Karl Kox · « **Reply #24 on:** December 15, 2008, 10:21:01 PM »

I used to buy them and I would always be embarrassed when paying for it.